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TURNER, Harold William
(Service number 32406)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Corporal

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth	12/3/1893

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Dairyman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	W. T. TURNER (father), Geraldine, Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	10th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	15 November 1916
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	2 May 1959	Age	66 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 4 May 1959
Memorial or Cemetery	Geraldine Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 504, Plot 1
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Harold William Turner was the oldest son of William Thomas and Eliza (née Gibbs) Turner.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 December 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [16 December 2016]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [16 December 2016]; Timaru Herald, 4 May 1959 (Timaru District Library) [16 December 2016]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [16 December 2016]

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